Shipboard Coincidence
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When I was nearly 18 I boarded the Greek liner, Ellinis (not sure of spelling after all these years!) in Fremantle, Western Australia in October 1968 on my way to the UK. I knew no-one on board but met up with a lass who boarded in Adelaide. We stopped again in Melbourne to take on more passengers, among whom were a group of lads who were on their way to Mexico (we were sailing via Panama and New York). Lyn and I teamed up with them as they were a similar age and it turned out that one of them had previously lived in the same flat in the centre of Perth I had just vacated, and another had the same surname (not hugely common in Australia) as me. None of us had ever met before.
Rosemary Whittle
Date submitted:Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:36:07 +0000Coincidence ID:6240
